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<blockquote data-quote="Perplexed" data-source="post: 2574703" data-attributes="member: 7157"><p>I'm not sure how anyone can say the recent spate of earthquakes isn't linked to the practice of injection wells. Here are several links to studies and stories about this link:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/man-made-earthquakes/" target="_blank">http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/man-made-earthquakes/</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.utexas.edu/news/2012/08/06/correlation-injection-wells-small-earthquakes/" target="_blank">http://www.utexas.edu/news/2012/08/06/correlation-injection-wells-small-earthquakes/</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/11/energy-earthquake-oklahoma-idUSL2N0M80SP20140311" target="_blank">http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/11/energy-earthquake-oklahoma-idUSL2N0M80SP20140311</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://space.io9.com/oklahoma-now-has-more-small-earthquakes-than-california-1599860734" target="_blank">http://space.io9.com/oklahoma-now-has-more-small-earthquakes-than-california-1599860734</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/3072" target="_blank">http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/3072</a></p><p></p><p>Just because a few injection wells don't <strong>seem</strong> to be linked to any nearby earthquakes doesn't mean the practice of injecting waste fluids deep within the earth, as a whole, is unrelated to the dramatic uptick in the incidence of earthquakes in Oklahoma. I thought this image from one of the linked stories was rather interesting; the blue dots indicate earthquakes recorded from 1970 to about 2006 (36 years) and the red dots indicate earthquakes recorded between 2006 and 2014 (8 years). Quite the difference!</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.kinja_img.com_gawker_media_image_upload_s__gIedmLif___c_fit_cf66fdfcdaf338660af731417e0b3e8d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Can anyone provide data that links this recent increase in seismic activity to anything else?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Perplexed, post: 2574703, member: 7157"] I'm not sure how anyone can say the recent spate of earthquakes isn't linked to the practice of injection wells. Here are several links to studies and stories about this link: [url]http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/man-made-earthquakes/[/url] [url]http://www.utexas.edu/news/2012/08/06/correlation-injection-wells-small-earthquakes/[/url] [url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/11/energy-earthquake-oklahoma-idUSL2N0M80SP20140311[/url] [url]http://space.io9.com/oklahoma-now-has-more-small-earthquakes-than-california-1599860734[/url] [url]http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/3072[/url] Just because a few injection wells don't [B]seem[/B] to be linked to any nearby earthquakes doesn't mean the practice of injecting waste fluids deep within the earth, as a whole, is unrelated to the dramatic uptick in the incidence of earthquakes in Oklahoma. I thought this image from one of the linked stories was rather interesting; the blue dots indicate earthquakes recorded from 1970 to about 2006 (36 years) and the red dots indicate earthquakes recorded between 2006 and 2014 (8 years). Quite the difference! [img]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.kinja_img.com_gawker_media_image_upload_s__gIedmLif___c_fit_cf66fdfcdaf338660af731417e0b3e8d.jpg[/img] Can anyone provide data that links this recent increase in seismic activity to anything else? [/QUOTE]
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